Newmont acquires land package near Cerro Negro The Boleadora group of properties encompasses 12 individual exploration licenses. Jackson Chen | June 10, 2020 | 10:37 am
Zero-premium mergers becoming the new normal among gold miners The saga of zero-premium deals began with the $5.4 billion mega merger of Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources. Bloomberg News | June 10, 2020 | 10:01 am
Rio loses Australian indigenous backing after blasting sacred caves An Australian indigenous group has suspended the company from its reconciliation plan. Reuters | June 10, 2020 | 9:42 am
White Gold closes $4.5m placement, stock jumps Proceeds of the offering will be used to kickstart White Gold’s 2020 exploration program. Jackson Chen | June 10, 2020 | 9:15 am
New king of copper trading sees demand coming back stronger Trafigura estimates that the virus has reduced mine supply by 400,000 tonnes. Bloomberg News | June 10, 2020 | 8:38 am
Vale raises potential failure alert at three dams Level one emergency alert issued for three inactive tailings dams in the state of Minas Gerais. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 10, 2020 | 7:15 am
Zen Graphene, UBC collaborate on Department of National Defence project The company and the university will develop graphene/polymer nanocomposites as replacements for metallic electromagnetic shields. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 10, 2020 | 6:10 am
K+S to sell Americas salt business to slash debt The sale of Morton Salt comes a decade after K+S acquired it for $1.7 billion. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 10, 2020 | 4:51 am
China to re-invest in its mining industry — report China's steel association has called for an increase in domestic iron ore production as well as greater investment in exploration overseas to ensure supplies. MINING.com Editor | June 9, 2020 | 2:49 pm